Gate-latch



J. L- THOMPSON. GATE LATCH.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 12, 1920- Q Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

v entree JAMES ,L. THOMPSON, OF ALLEN, OKLAHOMA.

GATE-LATCH.

To all eta/tom it hwy concern. 1

e it known that I, JAMES L. THOMPSON,

a citizen of the United States of America,

and resident of Allen,;1n the county of Ponoma,.have invented totoc and State of Oklah certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Latches, of. which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gate latches and means for operating the same, and has for its object the provision of. novel means accessible from either its operating mechanism being of simple construction and capable of being produced by the stamping of the fact that required.

A still further object of this invention is no finishing work would be rable and efficient.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in 7 view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangementand combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention indetail, reference will be had crawings forming part of this specification wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in Which+ Figure 1 illustrates a view in of a latch Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

In these drawings 10' denotes a post hav- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 12,

, metal and sh side of agate and efwith'reduced ends 18 and 19 fitt iguldesto slide therein, and preferably the process so that the cost of. manufacture is comparatively small 1n V16W I to the accompanying 1 p Patented Aug. 16-, 1921. 1920. Serial No. 423,600.

ingalatch engaging member 11' of a conventlonal type, the same being intended to be engaged by a latch bolt for holding a .closure 1n closed position. he closure 12 has guides 13 secured to it byfastenings 14 such as rivets, boltsor the like, the said guidesbeing stamped from aped with end ea'rs'15 and 16, it eing possible to guides at one operation :known stamping, processes. 7

The latch or bolt 17 is preferably provided central portion'20 of the bolt is offset outwardly as .at 21 so that the said central portlon clears the side of the closure to such an l extension being doubled on itself and having an extremity 26 which projects across the end of the lever and by this'construction, hand engaging projections are formed on either side of the closure so that a L gate from either direction may be able to manipulate the said lever.

guide 27 it is of the same construction as the guides 13.

As shown, the latchengaging end of the lever is bifurcated and it embraces the upper edge of the latch. and it bears against a shoulder 28 formed at the upper edge by recessing the said latch by a clearance X- ing in the is provided for the lever and tendinglnwardly from the edge. If desired,

but preferably I supply the lever for retracting or releasing the latch from its engagingmember and depend upon a spring 29 which enters an aperture 30 member on in the outer end of the latch to hold the saidlatch nor pivotally connected to the closure and havgaging end ity of the said resilient material is anchored as at 32; hence a spring action results tending to hold the bolt in normal position.

From an inspection of the drawing it would be apparent that in the manufacture of this device the bifurcated end of the lever may be produced and shaped as a part of the operation which forms and shapes the opposite end thereof, and hence, the operating lever as well as the bolt may be produced by machinery from sheet metal. 7 Between the pivot 24: and the latch engaging part of the lever there is a quarter twist which causes the end of the lever to stand approximately angles to the at right length of the bolt, and as the said end of the lever has a slot to receive the edge of the bolt, the said lever may be said to straddle the edge of the bolt and shoulder thereof.

I claim:

I 1. In a gate latch, secured to the gate, a able in the guide, cesscs in its edge, the said recessed portion being offset withrelation to the bolt, a bolt engaging member comprising a lever consisting of an elongated plate adapted to be a guide adapted to be bolt having ends slidthe latch engaging end twisted with the said lever, the said latch enbeingbifurcated to straddle the edge of the bolt and enter the recess thereof relation to and holding bear against the V the said bolt having re-- to bear against the shoulder formed by the said recess, and means for holding the bolt in normal position.

2. In a gate latch, a bolt having an offset portion between its ends, shoulders formed on the said offset portion, guides in which the ends of the bolt are slidable, a bolt operating lever comprising a plate having a twisted bifurcated end, means for securing the flat portion of the lever to the closure the bifurcated end of the lever in engagement with the bolt, and means for holding the bolt in normal position.

3. In a gate latch, a bolt having a shoulder in its edge and means for guiding the bolt, a lever comprising a plate having a twisted bifurcated end embracing the bolt and bearing against the shoulder, and means for pivotally mounting the lever in operative relation to the bolt. I

4. In agate latch, a bolt having a recess in its edge forming a shoulder, the said recessed portion being offset with relation to the bolt, means for guiding the'bolt, alever comprising a plate having its end twisted with relation to the plate, the said twisted end being bifurcated to embrace the bolt in the recess, the said plate having its opposite end shaped to form projections extending across the end of the lever, and means for pivotally mounting the lever in operative relation to the bolt.

I JAMES L. THOMPSON. 

